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COM* MRUS. March 23 —A now |superintendent for the Marysville Reformatory for Women was recommended today in a report to Gov. George White by the state senate committee on welfare andpenal institutions.Mrs. Louise. Mlttendorf is superintendent and her husband acts as assistant superintendent.“Rotn Jutve lost tlie vigor of'youth and the industry of mi.i lie life/’ says the report. “They are reclining upon the sen ices! rendered in the past and from all I appearances are losing their grip on the institution.’’Stating no personal reflections are intended, on Mr. and Mrs. Mlttendorf who have been in charge sincti the reformatory opened in 1 16. the report said: j »bo“Much Improvement can be ef- \ wet footed at the institution with the--he proper superintendent, and it is tlie i re*SRea(abofopinion of the committee that the1,p*tI wosState of Ohio is entitled to have such improvement. [ st,U(Tlie committee therefore recoin-«•lt;mends that careful consideration be given to the selection of a suitable person or iiersons to bo chosen.”The senate committee also urged re-examination' of matrons andother employes by tlie state civilservice commission and the reclassification of prisoners at frequent intervals.Neither the members of the committee or tlie governor look upon the report as a demand for the immediate removal of Mrs. Mitten dorf.Tlie committee reported that cm ploy;-* and officers of the institu tion bellevelt;l “prisoners are com mitted for reformation only” andMEA\/t tm toVhthat this attitude lias in a measure i Holt;antininretfroconverted It into a ‘‘pleasureresort.”“The institution should not be converted into a pleasure resort, rather than a place of confinement, punishment. and reformation.* j 1 reads the report. anThe report reviewed an nl-lh; legod liaison between Redmond j ea: Norris, an employe, and Inex Palmer, a lifer from Vinton county.Miss Palmer lias been nurse and caretaker for Mrs. .Mlttendorf.The relation between Inez Palmer and Norris has bad an un- _ wholesome elfect upon the .morale I IP of tlie inmate body and lias stirred isti up discord among many of the lax-jat payers.” the report said.An honor system with equal op-wcor-IIilroport unities., of, all Is urged,” thp erreport Baid.The report was signed by ail five members of the committee. Senapateiw rtors Roy J. Gillen of Jack'on. Pl«August W. Weber of Columbus. Joseph Ackerman of Cleveland. William Punlpace of Howling Green and C. J. Anderson of Mansfield.Crthtr:Wlittii
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Marysville Evening Tribune
Marysville, Ohio, US
Wed, Mar 23, 1932
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